Geddy Lee Sansamp Pedal!

[IvanBassist]

Great demo, clear explanations and great playing. Well done
(But please take the plastic off your pickguard and pickups - Leaving it on makes it look like you've just robbed the bass from a shop! - you haven't have you?)

Thanks! Haha i got the bass like that for another demo and didn’t want to take off the plastic because I have to ship it back

 

[Funkmabassup]

Anyone tried it with a tweetered cab? does it cut off enough hi-end above 4k for it too not sound too buzzy? Also I guess this pedal sounds really good directly into a DI box like geddy uses the preamp(no cab mic) I just ordered my pedal today and cannot wait !

 

[Domespeed]

no worries - the YYZ sounds perfect direct to the board and with tweeters in the cab (that’s what I use too)

 

[IvanBassist]

no worries - the YYZ sounds perfect direct to the board and with tweeters in the cab (that’s what I use too)

Yup!

 

[Vinny_G]

Here it is guys! There's some knob twisting and also sound clips with 4 different basses in different styles

It works quite well with a P-bass and a pick, apparently, good job and thank you for that

 

[FaithNoMan]

I remember the first time I recorded bass and synth together, using a Tech21 Tri-A.C. years ago.

I decided to try that clip again, but with the YYZ and Oxford(clip#2). I don't think it was a fair fight.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l4lssiekndccgre/oldproj w_comp.mp3?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ti73ddeh2x4ae0n/old project redux.mp3?dl=0

 

[WallaceSnr]

Agreed. YYZ all the way.

 

[jw23mind]

It does. I run mine through an analyzer and it showed a quite radical cutoff above 4kHz.

do you happen to know the -3dB point? thanks!

 

[Vinny_G]

Here it is guys! There's some knob twisting and also sound clips with 4 different basses in different styles

By the way, I forgot to ask you, what pick do you use in this video?

 

[IvanBassist]

By the way, I forgot to ask you, what pick do you use in this video?

It is either a dunlop tortex .60 (the orange one) or .73

 

[Vinny_G]

It is either a dunlop tortex .60 (the orange one) or .73

Thanks

 

[fauxtoe]

I take everything I said back about not running this with an active bass. Low and behold I managed to stumble across a Geddy/Flea Wal tone with the YYZ in front of my Mesa Subway Plus preamp and my Modulus Quantum 5. Now that's a sound that I'd use all the time. Actually, what it caused is a huge amount of GAS for a Wal bass, or to rip out the Bartolini NTMB preamp in the Q5 and replace it with an ACG. The YYZ really tames down and punches up my Q5, which is hard to do at the same time because it's VERY bright.

My settings were -

Master: 2:30
Low: Noon
High: 1:00
Drive: 9:00
Deep/Drive: Between 11:00 and 1:00, depending on what I wanted more of.
Mid: 2:30
Tight: Engaged

 

[IvanBassist]

I take everything I said back about not running this with an active bass. Low and behold I managed to stumble across a Geddy/Flea Wal tone with the YYZ in front of my Mesa Subway Plus preamp and my Modulus Quantum 5. Now that's a sound that I'd use all the time. Actually, what it caused is a huge amount of GAS for a Wal bass, or to rip out the Bartolini NTMB preamp in the Q5 and replace it with an ACG. The YYZ really tames down and punches up my Q5, which is hard to do at the same time because it's VERY bright.

My settings were -

Master: 2:30
Low: Noon
High: 1:00
Drive: 9:00
Deep/Drive: Between 11:00 and 1:00, depending on what I wanted more of.
Mid: 2:30
Tight: Engaged

Mesa + YYZ <3

 

[EMoneySC2]

I got a kick out of this YYZ - X7 combo this weekend - we'll see how it does in band practice tomorrow! (Tight switch is in)

 

[Spidey2112]

Finally got my SansAmp YYZ! Thanks @Mr. Wu! I'll get more into it, once I stop dancing.

 

[dannybuoy]

Does anyone not have their tight switch in?

Even the suggested Geddy setting in the manual has it switched in, and I can't get a decent sound out of it with the tight switched off! Although I can imagine it being better suited to a lower output bass than my BB1025X.

 

[Polka1]

Does anyone not have their tight switch in?

Even the suggested Geddy setting in the manual has it switched in, and I can't get a decent sound out of it with the tight switched off! Although I can imagine it being better suited to a lower output bass than my BB1025X.

Yeah, I have settled into using it with it off pretty much all the time. I can get a sound close with it on, but prefer off. Either way you have to make fairly substantial adjustments if you are trying for a similar tone on/off.

 

[Lowbrow]

Does anyone not have their tight switch in?

Even the suggested Geddy setting in the manual has it switched in, and I can't get a decent sound out of it with the tight switched off! Although I can imagine it being better suited to a lower output bass than my BB1025X.

I pretty much keep it off and the bass knob low - around 8 o'clock.

 

[TexasEdition]

At risk of bumping an old thread, what is the fundamental difference between the YYZ and the 2112? Other than the obivous rack mount vs stomp box and more inputs / outputs?

 

[dannybuoy]

2112 has an adjustable mid frequency, a gain control on the deep channel, and signal pad on the back to reduce the input level for high output basses.

The pedal has none of those, but it does have a tight switch that drops the lows being fed to the overdrive channel.